Ana Benitez - The Scottsdale Agent

01/13/2025

Starting the year off strong with a listing that sold in one day. Watch the video to see if Sue O'Fee Fitzpatrick sells houses better than she golfs!
Congratulations to the best partner ever!

03/03/2024

02/21/2023

Mmm...not sure how I feel about this. You?

North Scottsdale has often been nationally renowned for luxury neighborhoods like Silverleaf and Desert Mountain.

02/21/2023

This is a general picture of the Phoenix Area, compared to last year. Real Estate is all about "micro markets" so let me know if you'd like details about a specific part of town and I'll send them to you.

02/08/2023

Here is some info on parking and road closures for Super Bowl weekend...I can already see more traffic in town. Buckle up Arizona! :)

Event parking, public transportation options and more.

02/05/2023

On a beautiful Sunday afternoon, my clients and I walked up to the 3rd home of the day. It was the right price, right size, perfect location and gorgeous neighborhood. We were very hopeful. While I did the famous “Where the Heck is the Lockbox with The Key, Two-Step”, my clients said “Never mind. We think we’ll pass.” What? Actually, what they said was, “No %$ˆ*& way!!
Would rather GNAW MY ARM OFF than live here!!”

Behind my clients, near the front door, was a goat. A large, red and black metal statue of a possessed goat. A monstrous, beady-eyed, evil faced, Dante’s inferno type of goat. It was not Halloween, it was decor. We are still traumatized.

We will never know if the upgrades were amazing because my clients bought the house with the pretty potted flowers by the door.

02/02/2023

While living in Paris, I learned a lot about art (and cheese!) but also about negotiating. The French would initially reply to my requests with a “non, Madame”. What that really meant was “I’d prefer not to get out of my seat to go get that form… way over there”. But I learned that if I didn’t give up, they would eventually acquiesce. A “non” in France, sometimes means "try me".

I just thought of this when a buyer’s agent would NOT get his clients to meet my seller’s asking price. We went back and forth for days but my Parisian Patience paid off! From a “non, madame”…my sellers got a big fat “oui”!! Merci la France!

01/31/2023

Is the Phoenix area real estate market really heading to a crash? In my opinion, no. Prices will come down, but conditions aren't what they were in 2008, and the market is balancing itself out after huge increases. Bottom line: if you are selling, now is the time to be realistic about pricing and making sure your home is the best on the block! :)

11/25/2021

11/11/2021

Ready for the weekend? 🇺🇸 🇪🇸 🇫🇷